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Game developers Christian Plummer and Zenas Bellace interview

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I met one of the programmers and one of the developers of the indie game Super Rock Blasters at Super Magfest 2018 and interviewed them about making games.

1:36 – Christian explains what Super Rock Blasters is about. It’s Asteroids but blowing up each other.

2:27 – He’s worked on various projects in the past. He’s done a lot of game jams too.

3:42 – He uses Unity to port the game to other systems. It’s better than in the past but it’s not an easy process.

4:58 – His most important tool is a white board and markers.

5:46 – Special effects is what he most likes working on.

7:25 – Computer games are like raising children.

8:55 – He defines success as people spreading interest in the game through word of mouth.

9:50 – One of the the programmers, Zenas Bellace joined the conversation.

13:35 –Zenas talked about his method in developing games.

14:50 – They see games as a form of information and communication between people.

16:10 – Dune has been an inspiration for Zenas. Christian has been inspired by anime. The hero’s journey also.

17:45 – Zenas would like to create a sort of role playing type video game. Overall, they said to just make games if you want to. Just do it.

19:49 – The game can be found at rockblasters.quadratron.com or on twitter @quadratrongames

Links

http://www.quadratron.com/portfolio/super-rock-blasters/

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Guests: Christian Plummer, Zenas Bellace

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: science fiction, game design, video games, super rock blasters, special effects, game effects, unity

Game designer John Carr interview – Super Magfest 2018 – youtube

John Carr is developing his first video game. I interviewed him about it at Super Magfest 2018.

0:47 – John Carr talks about his first commercial game effort. He’s trying to finish elements of the game over the next few months. It’s a space campaign type game. He discusses details of how he’s adjusted the game.

2:42 – He discusses the other games that have inspired his work. Star Wars and Firefly have been big influences.

3:30 – John talks about the software he uses to create and program his game. It’s mostly been a solo effort.

4:26 – John likes working on balancing the game system. He likes pushing the RPS system in new ways.

6:30 – Having other people play your game is an encouraging experience. Feedback is always welcome.

7:30 – As a game designer he’s not trying to change society but he has some social responsibilities to make fun games that don’t exploit people.

8:23 – He’s been a guest at a middle school and lectured kids on programming. Game design should encourage people to learn science.

9:20 – Starcraft and many other games have been influencers. He enjoys LOTR and Harry Potter. His next game might be a fantasy game. He also enjoys the Conan type of stories.

11:12 – He’d like to create a party based RPG. He wants to combine strategy and role-playing. There’s some cross over in turn based games between table top and video games.

13:00 – His game is Empyrium Frontier on Steam. The website is galdorstudios.com

Links of interest

galdorstudios.com

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Guests: John Carr

Host: Cris Alvarez